Hi Friends,
I think that this is my first post to the "Out of The Box" forum. I am usually an avian photographer. However, I came accross an offer online for a filter that I couldn't resist from our friends at Topaz Labs called "Topaz Clean". It takes a photo and makes it look like a painting or a drawing. I know what you are thinking, "There are lots of filters like that out there". This one does a very good job especially on high contrast images. The owl shot that I am posting was very noisy and a large crop. I had considered throwing it away. Once I applied this filter it made a world of difference in my decision. See for yourself and give me a bit of feedback. Lots of folks seem to like it on other forums. I just used the "cartoon" preset for this one but there are limitless possibilities.
Steve










